And all the Taco Bros dog on my "Fix Or Repair Daily" ... Just sayin' ...

Ok, one last one for paint tonight, gonna try some of these put tomorrow!

Trying a couple small crank baits too. My painting experiment, haha.

Ooo, so many good ideas!

Something else I'm gonna try. A small inline bait holder, just to get something smelly in the water without needing to bother scenting the lure itself. Will probably put on the line ahead of my flasher or maybe on the main before my leader.

Which brand/model do you guys have?  I was gifted this Ender 3D printer and this will be one of my Winter projects too.

Ours is an older Flashforge Finder hand me down. Works great for smaller stuff, but as we start wanting to print larger things, we will probably buy an Ender like yours. I think the Ender is probably the sweet spot for hobby printers - fast, good quality prints, can print larger items, and is reasonably priced for it's capabilities.

Full pictures of my cockpit for freshwater. Basic milk crate, no lid, three ABS pipe rod holders zip-tied on. I used ABS because it is more UV stable than PVC, and I had the right size on hand.

I also use a Trader Joe's insulated shopping bag for my freshwater fish bag. It fits perfectly between my seat and the milk crate, is large enough for a limit of nice sized trout with frozen water bottles to keep everything cool. I installed some grommets on the bottom for drainage, and on the back at the top for the bungees to hold it right to my seat back.

For saltwater, I only carry a large fish bag behind the seat, and minimal gear under the seat. If crabbing, I throw the crab hoops right on top of the rear well, and will usually bungee a 3 gallon bucket to the bow to hold crabs.  The rear well is sized perfectly to place the hoops on top, then use a gaff and net or rod though the hoops and into the flush mount rod holders. Everything stays in place perfectly.

For rod holders, I have 4 flush mount, three on the milk crate, and one Scotty on the rail. For freshwater I use the Scotty rod holder in the picture, for saltwater I use the rocket launcher type.  I make sure that any nets or gaffs I buy can fit into the flush mount holders, just to keep them accessible but out of the way. I am considering another ABS rod holder forward near the pedal drive to hold a rod while I unhook a fish - probably using the track mount to hold it in place.

I have the Scotty holder and fish finder mounted on the left side, to keep the right side clear for landing fish. That grey box on the bow houses my fish finder battery, with an SAE connector for easy removal for charging.  My charger has that same connector too. A little dialectic grease and I've never had a corrosion problem.

For trolling, I use the flush mount rod holders and the Scotty mount.  I would say 75% of my fishing is trolling, 20% jigging for rockfish/ling cod, and 5% casting lures.

I am always trying out new/different things as far as cockpit layout, but this configuration works really well for me.

nice, which filament are you using?

The printer itself is an older Flashforge Finder that needed some repair.  I replaced the hot end and powercord, and after some trial and error, it prints pretty well.  I'm using Sunlu PLA - it's cheap and gives me pretty clean prints.  This stuff is surprisingly durable too.  So far I have yellow, black, grey, white, and translucent blue... We've made some cool stuff for the kids and their friends.  I made a couple jointed swimbait things too, but I wasn't happy with the action, so those are gonna become keychains, haha. 

Fun!  How do you paint em'?  Nail polish?  Layers of air brush?  I would think salmon lure type colors fo' da ocean.   

I actually haven't painted any lures yet, but acrylic paint sticks very well to the material.  My wife and kids are pretty artistic, so we have a ton of paints around the house.  For the first few, I will probably just hand paint them.  If I find a winning design, I might get an airbrush setup.  I've never used one of those before, so would definitely need to learn some new skills there.  I've not targeted salmon in the ocean here - but I imagine watermelon, silver, and mack colorations would probably be cool for saltwater ...